University of Pittsburgh

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Learning together, to work together

At the University of Pittsburgh, we are passionate about interdisciplinary education, and our students experience it from the beginning. Interprofessional care better meets the needs of the whole patient. Teaching our students to work as a team will prepare them to be effective collaborators in their careers. 

Pitt offers free online training on opioids

Bernard Costello, Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Education at Pitt’s schools of the health sciences, introduces a new educational program encouraging opioid-free pain management strategies. It will help providers meet new DEA licensing requirements.

Collaborating Schools

Dental Medicine

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Medicine

Nursing

Pharmacy

Public Health

Social Work

SPOTLIGHT

Mary Goldberg

Associate Dean for Interprofessional Studies, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

“I want students to be the drivers on what they would learn most from other professionals by collaborating,” Goldberg says. “Topics like pain management, disability studies, emergency response and assistive technology are all very collaborative.” 

Let’s work together.

Featured Projects

DISCO

The Diabetes Intervention and Self-Care Opportunity (DISCO) pilot program involves having people with Type 2 diabetes meet as a group to learn to better manage their health. It pulls together faculty members and students from several disciplines in the Schools of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and of Pharmacy, including psychology, physical therapy, nutrition and pharmacy. 

Healthy Home Lab

Teams from the Departments of Occupational Therapy and of Rehabilitation Science and Technology within SHRS as well as Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Swanson School of Engineering collaborate here to develop solutions to challenges of aging, such as climbing stairs and smart home technology implementation.